tail club

noun

A bony mass at the end of the tail of some dinosaurs and of some mammals, most notably the ankylosaurids and the glyptodonts, as well as meiolaniid turtles.

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Meanings

nountail club (plural tail clubs)

plural tail clubs

  1. biologyA bony mass at the end of the tail of some dinosaurs and of some mammals, most notably the ankylosaurids and the glyptodonts, as well as meiolaniid turtles.
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APA

tail club. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tail%20club

MLA

“tail club.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tail%20club. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tail club,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tail%20club.

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